as in pried
to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever
the workers used crowbars to lever the heavy stone block into its new position
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Recent Examples of levered
In the dot-com era, telecoms levered up to lay fiber fast.
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
The drop was exacerbated by a large number of traders who were highly levered, borrowing money to increase the size of their bets.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for levered
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The officers and two bystanders pried open the truck’s door and pulled the driver to safety, the agency said.—
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And almost every president has understood, in one way or another, that America cannot be pried apart from its ideals and remain America.—
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Then, a crisis involving a family friend named Evelyn Chang pulled him back into action.—
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Mini Kim and mini Khloé pulled a switcheroo with their T-shirts — a favorite pastime of theirs, according to Khloé, who posted this adorable pic.—
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Her adrenal gland would begin to work overtime and she’d be lifted up, energized, hunted, and desperate to outwit her attacker and survive.—
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He was then placed in a stretcher and lifted up by the rescue chopper.—
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“Levered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levered. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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